The memories contained within are beautiful, yet not beautiful—moments that once felt overwhelming, heavy, and suffocating. During that period of youth, these experiences were not small episodes but dominant forces that shaped the artist’s emotional state and sense of self. The work visualizes those fragments not as resolved stories, but as suspended impressions—compressed, stylized, and stored. With time and distance, however, these memories have shifted in texture. What once caused pain can now be revisited more lightly—like opening a bag of chips while drinking a beer alone, or sharing small stories as casual side dishes at a table with friends. This change does not diminish their importance. Instead, it allows them to exist without consuming the present.
Still, these memories remain essential. They are the reasons the artist exists as they do now. By turning them into chips, the work suggests both preservation and reinterpretation—data that must be stored, and experiences that can be revisited, shared, or quietly consumed.
